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Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
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Personal Information
Birthname: Edna Rae Gillooly[1]
Nationality American
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation/
Career:
Actress
Years active: 1955–present
Spouse(s): William Alexander, 1950-1957 (divorced)
Paul Roberts, 1958-1961 (divorced)
Neil Burstyn, 1964-1972 (divorced)
Character/Series involvement
Series: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974 film)
Character played: Alice Hyatt

Ellen Burstyn (aka Ellen McRae; born Edna Rae Gilloly on December 7, 1932[1]) played the title role of Alice Hyatt, a role that Linda Lavin would later play on the long-running CBS-TV series Alice, in the Oscar-winning 1974 Martin Scorcese film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

Career[]

Ellen's career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the next decade included several films and television series.

Burstyn's performance in the acclaimed 1971 ensemble drama The Last Picture Show brought her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination,[2] after which she moved from supporting to leading film and stage roles.

She then appeared in the drama The King of Marvin Gardens in 1972, with co-stars Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, and Scatman Crothers. A story about a daydreamer who convinces his brother to help fund one a get-rich-quick scheme, the film was well received by critics.[3]

Ellen would receive a second Academy Award nomination for her lead performance in The Exorcist (1973) with co-stars Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller and Linda Blair. Ellen would win the coveted Academy Award for Best Actress the following year for her work in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

The Exorcist would become a commercial success at the theaters. Adjusted for inflation, the film is the ninth highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. and Canada and the top-grossing R-rated film of all time. The film won two Academy Awards—Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound Mixing—and gained Burstyn a Best Actress nomination.[4][5]

In 1975, Ellen won the Tony Award for her lead performance in the Broadway production of Same Time, Next Year, and received a Golden Globe Award and a fourth Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 1978 film version of the play.

Burstyn has worked consistently in film, television and theatre since, receiving multiple awards and nominations along the way, including seven additional Golden Globe Award nominations, five Emmy Award nominations (two wins), and two more Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for her performances in the films Resurrection (1980) and Requiem for a Dream (2000).

Burstyn is one of the very few performers to have won the Triple Crown of Acting. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

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